What an Engineer Looks Like
Transcript: Me, as a Minority Women have been increasingly involved and successful in the engineering community. An example of a women contributor is Nancy D. Fitzroy, who is currently known for fostering diversity. At GE, she was among the first engineers to work on the heat transfer of nuclear reactor cores. Despite many who have told it would be hard to be successful in a very male-dominated field, she was more determined to do the best she can to fulfill her dream. Past Minority Contributions-Catherine Gleason Past Minority Contributions-Nancy D. Fitzroy My life as a minority forced me to have different perspectives from others, as I am unique because of my race, ethnicity, religion, etc. I have seen the many challenges that others may have not acknowledged, such as many types of hardships that my parent’s motherland country, Bangladesh, a third world country, has and is facing. I have been exposed to issues that my family members have been living through such as diabetes and eczema. I believe my experiences as a diverse woman/individual has given me more perspectives that will benefit me when it comes to coming up with brainstorming problems and solutions for world challenges. Pushing Myself Diversity Impacting Engineering Everyone’s individuality impacts the world. Our own differences make us capable in some stuff that others may or may not be as capable, and vice versa. As one of the first women in my generation to pursue a bachelor’s degree and hopefully beyond that, I am pushing myself to steep out of the expectations held for example, my mother and grandmothers, in terms of academics and going out there to pursue a career. Samiha Rahman There was also Catherine Gleason, who was the first woman engineering student to enroll in the Mechanical Arts program at Cornell University, despite coming from a low-economy family that was a huge obstacle that she overcame, establishing the Gleason Corp. Many women have contributed huge enhancement to the society through engineering. Individual differences impact engineering as our variety of experiences and perspectives impacts the way we can contribute to ideas and solutions. Engineering is not to find the one right solution-it is to find the best solution. Differences of team members can work to put their knowledge together and discover the greatest resolution. What an Engineer Looks Like
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